Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!chinet!mcdchg!ddsw1!tarkus!jcs
From: jcs@tarkus.UUCP (John C. Sucilla)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: 3B2 Floppy Key Problem
Message-ID: <321@tarkus.UUCP>
Date: 16 Oct 88 21:29:10 GMT
References: <1094@psu-cs.UUCP>
Reply-To: jcs@tarkus.UUCP (John C. Sucilla)
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Organization: tarkus -- Calumet City, Il.
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In article <1094@psu-cs.UUCP> paulm@psu-cs.UUCP (Paul Mauvais) writes:
>Someone in charge of the 3B2 before me changed the hardware
>password to something different from the default, and now
>no one knows what.  So, I follow the nifty manual directions
>and use my floppy key to reset the NVRAM.  
>Nothing.  It resets the date/time just fine, but does nothing
>to the hardware/diag password at all.

No problem.  Just remove the cover, locate the battery and disconnect
it for a minute.  The password will go back to it's default.


-- 
John "C". Sucilla,  A silicon based life form.
       {att,chinet,ddsw1}!tarkus!jcs
  You have a better idea? Now's the time..